I believe that millions of children each year, as well as almost that many adults, are not clear about what the whole numbers are. It’s not just the whole numbers, either. Fractions, decimals, algebra, even math itself. What are they? Do you have a good working definition? Or do you maybe think there is only one “right” definition for any of them? [...]
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Can I choke him now? Photo by foxphotograpy (Edited by Brian) I have a book sitting in front of me called, Introduction to Mathematical Thinking by Friedrich Waismann; the foreword is by Karl Menger, both of whom I admire greatly. This book has opened my eyes to something very important about math education. [...] |
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